I'm back! Instead of listening to me talk, let's just get on with the story.
As Kazuki and Naruto stood outside in the sands of the desert surrounding the entrance to Suna, the other shinobi and citizens were spectating this interesting battle. Only a few of the ANBU and shinobis knew who Kazuki was while others were quite oblivious and decided to just stand guard. Kazuki was standing with a regular composure, his hands in his pockets. Naruto had himself in a battle stance as the battle was about to start.
"Now, before we battle, I'm just making sure if you wouldn't like to know anything else about me to benefit you in this battle." Kazuki offered, knowing all too well that even if he revealed everything about himself to the blonde haired shinobi, he wouldn't win.
"I can beat you hands down! You just prepare yourself for a major beating!" Naruto yelled back confidently. Temari and Kankuro stood with Gaara as he held the blade that Kazuki had refused to use. They didn't know how he changed his mind so quickly since he was the one who pulled the blade outside with them.
"There's no way that Naruto would beat Kazuki!" Kankuro piped up to the rest of the shinobi who actually cared. The other three chuunins from Konoha looked at Kankuro and awaited an explanation.
"What do you mean?" Sakura asked anxiously. Even if you couldn't tell, Shikamaru and Kiba were anxious too. So far, Naruto had beaten everybody he had ever faced and to some of them who were currently their friends, he had beaten the sense into them.
"Kazuki hasn't been here in a long time, maybe about 12 years since he left. At the time he was 4, me and Gaara were 3 and Temari was 6. We didn't know him very well since he wasn't around a lot. We knew he had skill though. He was the top of his class in the academy and he would always ask our dad to spar with him, only to have probably beaten him almost every time. He left the village at 4 because of his never ending abuse. He was worse than Gaara because one moment everybody in the village loved and praised him and then the next, they were shunning him and beating him and givin' him a hard time. Anyway, although he hasn't been in the sand for a long time, we knew how strong he was back then. Who knows how strong he is now that he's come back about 12 years later..." Kankuro concluded. Everybody looked at him except Gaara, who was observing his long lost brother.
"I heard he was the only one who actually cared for Gaara like a little brother when he was having a hard time with the villagers. He actually loved him and helped him when he needed it. It pretty much broke Gaara's heart to see him gone one day." Temari added. Everybody then looked back at the unstarted battle, then at Kazuki. He had a carefree expression on his face as Naruto just smirked and the battle began. Naruto speedily attacked Kazuki in the leg, only to miss by about three feet. Naruto, a shocked emotion on his face, looked up, only to see nothing. Kazuki had smoothly landed back on the ground all the way on the other side of the battlefield. The free sand had gathered, swirling around him like a tornado.
"Like my sand?" Kazuki chuckled as the sand began forming several neat little comical pictures. As if he was taking the time to read comics. Naruto just growled as Kazuki recognized the fact that whenever the host of Kyuubi was mentally and emotionally angered, the fox would reveal itself and if one was unlucky, the Demon Fox's Cloak. He just smiled to himself and thought up a plan. From the news around the Akatsuki base, he had heard that Gaara's Jinchuuriki had been extracted and he had died until the elder Chiyo-baa-sama revived him with a life transfer jutsu.
"Hey Naruto. I heard Gaara died for awhile. Is it true?" Kazuki asked although he knew very well what the answer was. Being around the Akatsuki base had almost gotten him into an unnecessary fight, but it served as a good information source. Naruto just growled a bit louder now, his eyes still the regular blue shade. Kazuki just frowned a bit. He was determined to find out how much stronger Kyuubi had gotten ever since he had been put inside of Naruto.
"Maybe a direct approach would be good. Yo Naruto! Mind showing me the demon fox's powers for a bit?" Kazuki attempted, although the direct approach wasn't always the best outcome for him. Naruto just looked at him with a confused look, but continued the battle.
"I don't need the Kyuubi's help to beat you! If I can't win without it, then I'll never become hokage!" Naruto shot back as Kazuki's expression went into a shocked phase.
"So your dream is to become hokage?" Kazuki questioned, narrowly avoiding a flying kunai directed at him.
"My dream is to become the hokage one day." Naruto said back, almost a bit more confidently than before. Kazuki just smiled a bit and threw something at naruto that went flying past Naruto and landed behind him. Naruto took a look at it and noticed it was a kunai with a small hole in it.
"Then I'll tell you my dream. My dream is for peace across all five nations," Kazuki yelled to Naruto as Naruto just stared at him in disbelief. That's when something erupted behind Naruto and he flew forward, immediately realizing that the small hole had concealed a well placed paper bomb.
"Agghhh!" Naruto yelled flying forwards towards Kazuki's feet. When he landed and drove into the sand, he took the opportunity to sweep kick from underneath, only to realize the mistake. His leg was immediately grabbed and used to throw him over the shoulders of the agressor and into the sand dune. Kazuki just looked at him with a funny expression and began walking away when he felt the aura of Naruto getting up, his whiskers starting to subtly get more feral looking in spite of the genin. As Naruto aimed a very well packed punch, Kazuki just moved behind Naruto and sweep kicked the boy off of his feet, making him fall into sand once more. The hair on Naruto's head began to get smaller spikes between his larger ones and his teeth got sharper. Naruto had not noticed his noticeable changes and continued to attack. Using his Kage Bunshin Jutsu, he made about 5 of himself and attempted surprise attack. The five of them ran towards Kazuki, trying for a Naruto Rendan as the real Naruto stood above the unexpecting shinobi, about ready for a drop kick. Kazuki quickly dispatched of the five clones and escaped the incoming drop kick of the real person, his necklace starting to glow in the sun's rays. Doing another Kage Bunshin, Naruto powered his Rasengan for a direct hit in his enemy's stomach. The features from the Kyuubi had long disappeared, Kazuki noticed, and were soon replaced with the regular features. Once Kazuki landed, the Rasengan had already set its course and directly hit him, causing him to fly backwards into the sand. Naruto looked at his opponent and walked away, thinking he had won. The match was soon called off as Kazuki got up, looking like he had not been in a fight.
"Great job Naruto! You beat him!" Kiba yelled at his blonde buddy, who gave him a goofy grin and a thumbs up.
"That was great Naruto!" Sakura offered as Naruto rubbed the back of his head in embarassment. The three sand siblings walked up to their brother, who had just gotten onto his feet and dusted himself off.
"You lost on purpose didn't you?" Gaara asked his older sibling who just ruffled his younger sibling's blood red hair and put a hand on his shoulder.
"Winning is not required for the first of a series of many battles. Knowing your enemy is key in winning any match. I didn't get what I wanted though. Kyuubi did not leak out and now I'm pretty disappointed. Seeing Kyuubi has been my dream and yet I was so close." Kazuki just hung his head down.
"I thought you said your dream was for peace between the five nations." Kankuro pointed out. Kazuki just looked at his brother with.
"Seeing Kyuubi fight is my OTHER dream." Kazuki corrected as he and his siblings went towards the group of Konoha siblings. Naruto pointed a finger at his previous opponent and grinned.
"Told ya I'd beat ya!" Naruto just laughed loudly to show he had bragging rights.
"Yep, I guess you beat me. You're really strong though, who wouldn't lose to you?" Kazuki just chuckled as everybody went inside and had something to eat. Gaara returned the unused blade which was soon in its sheath at Kazuki's back. Kazuki had offered to make dinner since he didn't trust either one of them.
"Wow this is delicious!" Naruto shouted as he gobbled down everything on his plate and on the table. Kazuki just said a short 'thanks' and proceeded to join everyone at the table.
"So Kazuki, what brings you back to Suna after having left for 12 years?" Temari asked as she ate her food. Kazuki just looked at her.
"Well, I had heard from the nearby village that they were going to try and get the other nations to help destroy the Sand village. Something about them fearing the worst for Konoha and how the Sand Village would go betray them with their ultimate weapon and such. I came back to make sure they hadn't invaded yet. They've got the Sound village on their side currently. I also heard Konoha was looking for someone named Sasuke Uchiha, the last survivor of the Uchiha clan other than his brother Itachi." Naruto, Sakura, Shikamaru, and Kiba got tense.
"You heard about Sasuke? Do you know where he is?!?" Naruto asked at the same time. Kazuki was currently defending himself with his hands.
"No, nothing about his location so calm down. Are you guys his friends or something?"
"He betrayed us but we're still looking for him so we can bring him back to the village. Orochimaru from the Sound kidnapped him and is now training him to try and help destroy Konoha. Tsunade-sama heard about the invasion from the same village and sent us over to inform the kazekage. She would've sent more people, but then it would've looked suspicious." Sakura explained. Kazuki took the time to absorb all of the newfound information into his brain.
"Well, as long as you're here, why not get accommodated with your old home?" Kankuro offered to his long lost brother, who just nodded with a smile. It was going to be quite the homecoming year.
This is going to be one long subarc so be prepared! This is only the beginning to a long subarc fic. I've still got the other arcs to work on. They'll probably be just ask long.